EDMONTON -
The percentages are now not of their favour.
Regardless of successful the primary sport of the primary Battle of Alberta playoff collection in 31 years towards the rival Edmonton Oilers, the Calgary Flames discover themselves getting ready to elimination three video games later.
The Flames almost evened the collection on Tuesday once they got here again from a 3-0 deficit — tying the sport on a weird 132-foot short-handed shot from their very own zone by Rasmus Andersson with 9:04 left within the third that by some means fully fooled Oilers goalie Mike Smith.
However Edmonton stormed again with the second targets of the sport by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evander Kane to win the sport 5-3 and take a 3-1 stranglehold on the second-round collection.
Regardless of the loss, the Flames are taking some solace in how they battled again to make a sport of it.
"I like how we performed," stated Flames head coach Darryl Sutter. "I do know we’re in a gap, nevertheless it’s like saying we needed to win on the street, now we've to win at residence.
"We hung round tonight and we’re not going to go away straightforward and in the event that they thought they had been going to beat us straightforward, that wasn’t the case."
In the case of Calgary’s probabilities to bounce again from a 3-1 deficit, the numbers are usually not variety.
Calgary is 0-9 when trailing a collection 3-1, whereas within the historical past of the NHL groups are 296-31 in that sticky scenario.
Do not inform that to the Flames gamers, although.
"There is a cause why we play seven (video games)," stated Calgary ahead Mikael Backlund. "That quote has been stated quite a bit this playoffs, however that’s the reality. We all know we performed effectively at this time. I believe the sport may have gone both approach.
"We all know we’re actually sturdy at residence and we've to begin that one sport at residence and we all know we're sturdy at residence."
Flames defenceman Andersson stated he sees no cause his workforce cannot rattle off three wins in a row identical to the Oilers have and nonetheless win this collection.
"We imagine in our group," he stated. "Each single particular person in our locker room believes in it. There isn't any cause why we will not win three in a row, nevertheless it all begins with the subsequent sport. We have to win that one and we have got to handle residence ice. It begins with one and we take it from there."
In the meantime, the Oilers are 14-1 in collection the place they seize victories in three of the primary 4 video games.
Sport 5 takes place on Thursday in Calgary.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 24, 2022
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